Hi all, this is my first post here. I have been playing some games with the emulator, and the speed it reaches in games like FF-X or Tales of the Abyss is not stable... I mean, almost the entire game is playable at 60 FPS, but in some scenes the speed drops to 50 or 40 FPS.

I really don't think it's a problem of my PC because i've been playing GTAIV, Assassin's Creed and Devil May Cry 4 at full speed... so I started doubting about the operative system.

It's definitely your processor. When I had mine clocked at 2.8GHz I had the same exact issues as you (same games and everything). So your options are learn how to SAFELY overclock, buy a new processor, or possibly wait until the emulator allows for a speed increase. Or you could be patient By the way, you may want to make sure you've compiled the newest version and try out the INTC speed hack. It's experimental, but it gave me a definite boost in all my games. Still won't give you 60 fps straight though.

I've tried everything, lots and lots of configurations and the best I could get is what I explained before I've also used TuneUp Utilities to defrag the the partitions, the registry... and nothing changes at all.

If I change the OS to a 64 bit edition, should it run faster?

Quote:By the way, you may want to make sure you've compiled the newest version and try out the INTC speed hack. It's experimental, but it gave me a definite boost in all my games. Still won't give you 60 fps straight though.

=O and how do I use it? o.o is it a feature of the 0.9.5 beta version?

(02-21-2009, 08:48 PM)lastotaku Wrote: I've tried everything, lots and lots of configurations and the best I could get is what I explained before I've also used TuneUp Utilities to defrag the the partitions, the registry... and nothing changes at all.

If I change the OS to a 64 bit edition, should it run faster?
No, like I said your problem is your proc's speed. It needs to increase.

Quote:By the way, you may want to make sure you've compiled the newest version and try out the INTC speed hack. It's experimental, but it gave me a definite boost in all my games. Still won't give you 60 fps straight though.

=O and how do I use it? o.o is it a feature of the 0.9.5 beta version?

It's a feature in the newer versions of the SVNs. They're betas, yes. You need to compile them or go to 4shared to find them. Again, the speedhack may not even help you much, but it's worth a shot.